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Monday, September 12, 2011

Monday Memories-We Used to be T-H-I-S Big!!

From the first day the puppies were born, we weighed them in this scale until they got too big for it, somewhere between 3-4 weeks old. We weighed them every other day to make sure they were growing at a consistent rate and getting enough nourishment. Silver had 10 active teats, though some were smaller than others and the puppies were constantly shifting around and fighting for the best spot.

10 inches (25.4cm)

They all weighed close to one pound (.45kg) when they were born. Chance was born the biggest at 1 3/4 lbs (.79kg) while Fiona and Blaze were the smallest at 12.75 oz (.36kg). There was quite a battle between the three white boy puppies, until they were about a month old when Zappa joined in the race.

We never got any pictures while we weighed them. They were so squirmy, it was difficult enough trying to get a solid reading, . Probably the same reason we never thought to measure them.

You don't really expect me to get back in there, do you?

I hardly ever use the scale and almost forgot I had it when I pulled it out to measure beans. It was one of those moments that just hits you, how tiny all those puppies used to be. Doesn't even seem possible sometimes. Even looking at pictures doesn't quite give an accurate measure, but there was something about the scale that brought everything back "to scale." What happen to my babies??